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Providence,! escaped, but my alarm may be 

 easily imagined. Perceiving the man who had 

 fired the gun, I pursued him to a consider- 

 able distance, in order to prevent his charg- 

 ing his piece a second time, and I deter- 

 mined never to go there again without 

 some protection. I inquired who it could 

 be that had made this unprovoked attack, 

 but I found it impossible to gain any in- 

 formation on the subject. 



On the 15th of July* we set out on our 

 return, and that whole day was employed 

 in climbing the mountains again, to our 

 no small fatigue and exhaustion, the ground 

 we had to pass over being so extremely 

 steep as well as lofty. When w^e reached 

 the cold snowy mountains, indeed, w^e had 

 sufficient opportunity to cool ourselves. 



From hence we turned our course to- 

 wards the alps of Tornea, which were de- 



* The manuscript says July 1st, but this does not 

 agree with the original journal, which therefore I have 

 followed. See the first page of this volume. 



